We had left today to see a bit more of the area around Ceduna. There was precious little to see beyond going to Thevenard, its only suburb, all of five kilometres away. We thought we might slip down to Smoky Bay to see the oyster farms but that is 44km away and we are going that way tomorrow.
As a result we did some shopping and washed the car. The poor old car is taking a battering but it has performed very well. With a bit of luck we may be over the worst of the roads. We are not going up to the nearby Gawler Ranges. Roads are bad there. We will just have to be content with beach views and oysters for the next week or so. The sandy beaches we have seen so far are not spectacular, not like the WA ones anyway.
Thevenard is an extension of Ceduna along the beach of Murat Bay. The beach ends at Pinky Point, where there is a lighthouse of sorts and the port. Exports from the port are grain, gypsum, salt and mineral sands. Being Sunday, the fish factories at Thevenard are closed, like most everything else on the weekend in these small country towns.
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| 051014 Ceduna and the festival foreshore from Thevenard across Murat Bay |
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051014 2011 port statistics. Note the arial picture of Thevenard at the top
with Pinky Point on the RHS |
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| 051014 The lighthouse and memorial to those who have perished at sea |
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| 051014 Two ships berthed at Thevenard |
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| 051014 Grain silos and salt pile at the port of Thevenard |
There are about thirty islands out from Thevenard, the largest two of which are named St Peter and St Francis Islands. They are low, flat, sandy islands and are difficult to see from the coast. The Dutch figured prominently in the exploration of this area.
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| 051014 A memorial to Dutch sailors who explored and charted this coast |
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| 051014 The explanation of the naming of the islands off Thevenard |
The area is famous for its King George whiting but we guess we will come across more centres promoting their whiting, as we navigate our way around the Eyre and the Yorke Peninsulas.
As one would expect, there were many sea birds that called Pinky Point their home.
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| 051014 Some locals at Pinky Point |
Pinky Point was quite barren but there were still some wildflowers hanging on to the rocky point for dear life.
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| 051014 Wildflower at Pinky Point |
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| 051014 Wildflower at Pinky Point |
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| 051014 Wildflower at Pinky Point |
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| 051014 Wildflower at Pinky Point |
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| 051014 Wildflower at Pinky Point |
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